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Machinists On Strike At Pratt & Whitney In Connecticut

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 5th, 2025

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Machinists On Strike At Pratt & Whitney In Connecticut

F135, Pratt & Whitney's engine that powers the F-35. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney)

About 3,000 Pratt & Whitney machinists went on strike early Monday morning after most union members rejected the company’s final offer for wage and benefit increases. RTX [RTX], P&W’s parent company, said on Sunday in a message to members of the Connecticut International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) that no further meetings between the company and union are currently scheduled. The union said that P&W “failed to adequately address the membership’s top concerns about wage and retirement security…

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